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J. GIBBONS.

ROPE END PATENEBu No. 286.807. Patented vOct. 16, 1883.

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JOHN GIBBONS, OF WEST TROY, N ElV YORK, ASSIGNOR TO THE UNION HARDWAREMANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

ROPE-END FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 286,897, dated October16, 1883.

Application filed June 4, 1883.

To aZZ whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, JOHN GIBBoNs, of the village of West Troy, county ofAlbany, and State of New York, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Rope-End Fasteners, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to that class of devices which are attached to thetether ends of the ropes fromwhich'halters are made. and also to suchother similar articles as require some attachment to prevent the cutends of the rope from which they are made from untwisting and broomingout.

My invention consists, as will hereinafter be more fully detailed, inthe combination, with a metallic end strap made to pass over the cut endof the rope and along the sides of the latter, near its end, of tangsattached to and at right angles to the ends of the strap, which tangsare adapted to be bent around the rope to secure the fastener to therope and the end of the latter within the device.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification,there are shown three figures illustrating my invention, and in all ofwhich the same designation of parts by letter-reference is used.

Figure 1 shows a perspective of my invention with the device as made forattachment.

Fig. 2 shows another perspective of my fastener, in which the strap,where in contact with the end of the rope, is widened out. Fig. 3 showsin a perspective the fastener attached to the end of thevrope, withthetangs driven in and bent around the rope, the tangs on both of theopposite sides of the rope being secured in the same manner as thatshown in this illustration.

The several parts of the fastener are designated by letter-reference andtheir function explained as follows:

The letter S indicates the strap, and T T the tangs.

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The clinching ends of the tangs are designated at t t", and the rope atR. The parts of the fastener all are made, preferably, in one casting ofmalleable metal, and the dewice is attached to the rope end by insertingthe latter between the sides of the strap, with 'the end of the rope incontact with the interior surface of the bent end of the strap, andthere secured by driving in and bending around g the rope the tangs TT.- The tang ends t are shown as being straight, and those indicated ,att as curved, and, if desired, both the ends of each tang may be madestraight or curved before attachment. Vhere the tangs at one side orboth sides are made straight, they admit of the sidewise passage of therope into the de vice. \Vhen both are curved, then the rope end ispassed into the device endwise, As thus made and applied, the deviceproduces a simple and efficient means for securing the cut end of atwisted rope, so as to prevent its becoming untwisted or broomed out.

Having thus described my inventiomwhat I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent,

In a rope-end fastener, the combination of the strap S, adapted to passover the end of the rope and along its sides, near the end of thelatter, with the tangs T T, attached to the ends of the strap, andadapted to be bent into and around the rope inclosed by the strap, inthe manner and for the purposes herein set forth.

Signed at Troy, New York, this 22d day of 7 May, 1883, and in thepresence of the two Witnesses whose names are hereto annexed.

JOHN GIBBON S.

Witnesses:

CHARLES S. BRINTNALL, WILLIAM G. BUELL.

